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Keerai Kootu | Spinach with Dal Recipe

Keerai Kootu
Spinach with dal has two healthy ingredients. It is cooked using spinach and moong dal. So I can strongly say it is a healthy recipe. I used red amaranthus(molai keerai) leaves for making this kootu whereas you can use any spinach variety. The recipe for spinach with dal is below...

Keerai Kootu

Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cooking Time: 30 mins | Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Spinach(I used red amaranthus leaves) - 1 bunch
Moong dal/ Paasi Paruppu - 1/4 cup
Tomato - 1
Green chilli - 2
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Small onion - 5
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Oil - 1 tblspn

To grind:

Coconut - 1/4 cup
Cumin - 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Rice flour - 1/2 tsp

Method:

Take moong dal, tomato, slitted green chillies, turmeric and salt. Pressure cook for 4 whistles on medium flame or till it is cooked. Once pressure subsides, mash the dal and keep aside.

Grind coconut, cumin, chilli powder and rice flour into a smooth paste adding little water.

Chop the spinach and cook adding 1 cup of water. When the leaves wilts, add the cooked dal, ground paste and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from flame.

Heat oil in a tadka pan, add mustard seeds, urad dal, chopped small onions and curry leaves. Pour this tempering over the cooked spinach.

Serve with hot rice.

Notes:
  • I used red amaranthus leaves. You can use any.

Pictorial:
Ingredients for spinach kootu
Keep all your ingredients ready. Coconut is missing in the above picture
cook the dal
Take moong dal, tomato, slitted green chillies
turmeric, salt and enough water. Pressure cook for 4 whistles on medium flame or till it is cooked.
wash spinach
Chop the spinach and cook adding 1 cup of water. Do not cover and cook the spinach. I used red amaranthus leaves. You can use any spinach
mash the dal
Once pressure subsides, mash the dal and keep aside.
coconut paste
Take coconut, cumin, red chilli powder and rice flour in a blender
ground coconut paste
Grind it to a smooth paste adding little water
leaves wilts
Now, the leaves started to wilt
cooked dal
Add in cooked moong dal
add coconut paste
Add the ground coconut paste
Cook for 5 minutes and remove from flame
pour seasing
Heat oil in a tadka pan, add mustard seeds, urad dal, chopped small onions and curry leaves. Pour this tempering over the cooked spinach.
Spinach with Dal Recipe
Serve with hot rice!

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